Historical Documents

Homestead Act
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln Address
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Boston Harbor
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
Alexander Hamilton
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Clinton & Gore
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Frederick Douglass Address Cover Page
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Josephine and Wyatt Earp’s grave, Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, CA.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
President Woodrow Wilson
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Ernesto Miranda's mugshot
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Jovita Idar, shown in this picture, and her family helped organize this event
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Columbus Manuscript
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Signing the Magna Carta
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
President Reagan signing the Immigration Reform and Control Act
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Helen Keller signature
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Molefi Kete Asante
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Sailor Wounds Pageant Spectator Disrespectful to Flag
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Printed Proclamation
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
1903 Editorial Cartoon Depicting the Treaty
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930)
Grand Opening, 1995. Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
ERA 7: The Emergence of Modern America (1890–1930), ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945), ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Book Cover
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Earhart Letter
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
John L. O'Sullivan
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s)
ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
"Help the Guatemalans!" poster
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
A mother and daughter sit outside the Supreme Court
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
Map showing American territorial gains
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
Original document of Voting Rights Act to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Poem
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
ERA 8: The Great Depression and World War II (1929–1945)
Truman's Order De-Segregating the Military
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)
The Burning of Jamestown during Bacon's Rebellion of 1676. Painting by Howard Pyle, 1905.
ERA 1: Three Worlds Meet (Beginnings to 1620)
Pro-DACA Protestors
ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
ERA 9: Postwar United States (1945 to early 1970's)